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Eiichi Kawatei
Japanese sports executive and journalist · Japan · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1933 to 2013 · aged 79
Eiichi Kawatei was a Japanese sports executive and sports journalist who was credited with promoting the sport of tennis in Japan and other parts of Asia. Kawatei also led the successful campaign to reintroduce as an Olympic sport in 1988. Tennis returned to the 1988 Summer Olympics a 64-year absence from the games.
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He also served as an Olympic Technical Delegate, overseeing all Tennis at the Summer Olympics events at each Summer Games since the sport's reintroduction the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He was asked to return as a delegate for the 2012 London Olympics, but could not attend due to declining health.
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